简介:Felipa: North of the Border, (1971) A bilingual girl of Mexican-American parents has ambitions to be teacher. She gets early experience when she helps her uncle learn English so he can obtain a driver's license for a new job. Shows a relentless des
简介:20 years ahead of its time in addressing the issues surrounding people without fixed addresses, this film also explores the cruel ways humans often interact with each other, the ignorance responsible for those actions, and the accidental event that transf
简介:Miguel, a Puerto Rican boy has moved to New York City with his family. He finds his ability to speak English and Spanish puts him at an advantage in assisting his family in their new surroundings. Miguel later stretches his ingenuity to an extreme when, t
简介:Joshua: Black Boy in Harlem (1969, ACI Films). It's Joshua's last day in Harlem before leaving for a college in Texas where he has earned a track and field scholarship. He runs joyfully through New York's central park but his joy ends when
简介:In a touching tale a boy raises an orphaned baby kangaroo in the outback of Australia but due to events beyond his control is forced to return the animal to the wild. Nicely filmed, with no spoken dialogue.
简介:Geronimo Jones (1970). Possibly Salzman's hardest hitting film, Geronimo is a Papago-Apache youth who has been given the gift of an amulet worn by his grandfather. In buying a birthday present for the grandfather, Geronimo trades the amulet for a TV,
简介:Matthew's Uncle Isak comes to visit the family in Anchorage after undergoing harsh and unfruitful hunting conditions in the North. Uncle Isak's challenges in dealing with a more structured environment presents the Aliuk family with a new series
简介:An Academy Award winner for best Live Action Short as well as eight other festival awards, 'Angel' stars Paul Sorvino in a story about a Puerto Rican migrant boy having to make a tough decision to co-run a business with a valuable new friend, or